Race & Ethnicity

I Identify as a Pencil

Perhaps you know about a classic essay written in 1958 by the late Leonard Read, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), titled “I, Pencil.” Recently, a guy named Lawrence Reed based a new essay, “I, Smartphone,” on Leonard’s…

The Left Can No Longer Govern Itself

The last couple of weeks have been very revealing, not just about our political landscape, but our nation’s moral landscape as well. I have a personal belief that has been reinforced by recent events: The political Left has so disconnected…

America’s Great Heritage: Civil Society

“Taxation,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes, “is the price we pay for civilization.” But a much better case can be made that taxation is the price we pay for the lack of civilization. If people took better care of themselves, their families, and…